The everyday life of a Hollywood icon: Captivating new book shows Audrey Hepburn playing with her son, exercising outdoors and taking her pet fawn shopping

A new photo book sheds light on the life of Audrey Hepburn during the prime of her career, capturing her behind-the-scenes on set as well as in the privacy of her home.

Bob Willoughby's Audrey Hepburn features 280 pages filled with photographs of the late Hollywood icon, from her arrival in Hollywood in 1953 until 1966, three years after she shot to fame in My Fair Lady.

In one of the more intimate images, Hepburn is seen doting on her baby son Sean, who was born in 1960, as her The Children's Hour co-star James Garner smiles in the background.

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Behind-the-scenes: A new book features rarely seen candid photos of Audrey Hepburn from 1953 to 1966. (Pictured: Sean, Audrey's son by Mel Ferrer, plays with his mother while actor James Garner beams)

Downtime: The portraits were all taken by the late Hollywood photographer Bob Willoughby, her friend and confidante. (Pictured: The actress at the villa the Ferrers rented while shooting Paris When It Sizzles)

Sean, whose father was Hepburn's first husband Mel Ferrer, giggles from his crib as his glamorous mother laughs with him.

Another photo shows the actress reclining against a tree beside a pond, which was located at the villa that the Ferrers rented while shooting 1964 film Paris When It Sizzles.

Keeping fit: She wore a striking red leotard to do some exercising and stretching in the garden

Interactions: In one particularly striking photo, she is seen looking downcast with her Green Mansions co-star Anthony Perkins, who is seemingly attempting to cheer her up

He said of meeting the Belgian-born star for the first time: 'She took my hand like… well a princess, and dazzled me with that smile that God designed to melt mortal men's hearts.'

From that first encounter, the pair became fast friends, and Willoughby was often at her side to capture her at her most candid moments.

He even snapped a photo of her shopping at a Beverly Hills grocery store with her pet fawn Ip, whom she met on the set of 1959's Green Mansions, directed by her then-husband Mel Ferrer.

Close comrades: Hepburn pictured with Bob Willoughby, who passed away in 2009

Enraptured: Willoughby said of meeting the star (pictured in 1953) for the first time: 'She took my hand like... well a princess, and dazzled me with that smile that God designed to melt mortal men's hearts'

Getting in character: Hepburn grins as she greets the international press, who were invited to attend the first day of shooting of My Fair Lady

Classic beauty: The star wears striking earrings during a photo session at Paramount Studios in 1953

'Beverly Hills habitués are fairly
blasé about what they see, but Audrey being followed around town by this
lovely creature stopped everyone in their tracks,' the photographer once said of her unusual pet.

Willoughby
also captured her interacting with her co-stars while shooting her
movies, revealing aspects of her personality rarely seen in pictures.

In
one particularly striking photo, she is seen looking downcast while
sitting on a camera boom with her Green Mansions co-star Anthony
Perkins, who is seemingly attempting to cheer her up.

At work: Here she chats with director George Kukor on the set of My Fair Lady while Assam, her Yorkshire terrier, sits in the basket of the bike she used to cycle around the studio grounds

On set: The actress pictured in a still from one of her most famous films, My Fair Lady

Fashion sense: She wears a dress designed for her by Givenchy while reclining on a bed in Paris When It Sizzles

Captivating: Hepburn pictured flaunting her famous doe eyes in a still from Paris When It Sizzles

And another behind-the-scenes photo sees her chatting with director George Kukor on the set of My Fair Lady.

While the pair converse, Assam, her Yorkshire terrier, sits in the basket of the bike the actress used to cycle around the studio grounds.

Willoughby, who was credited by Popular Photography as 'the man who virtually invented the photojournalistic motion picture still,' shot many stars in his career, including Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Natalie Wood and James Dean.

Picture perfect: Willoughby, who shot many stars in his career including Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe and Natalie Wood, was known to consider Hepburn (pictured in 1953) his favorite

Popular subject: The star climbs into the Paramount Studios car waiting to return her to the hotel after a photo session with photographer Bud Fraker

Muse: Willoughby is pictured examining a still of Audrey Hepburn

But above them all, he was known to consider Hepburn as his unequivocal favorite. 'As Hepburn's career soared following her Oscar-winning US debut in Roman Holiday, Willoughby became a trusted friend, framing her working and home life,' reads a description of the book.

His historic, perfectionist, tender photographs seek out the many facets of Hepburn's beauty and elegance, as she progresses from her debut to her career high of My Fair Lady in 1963.

'Willoughby's studies, showing her on set, preparing for a scene, interacting with actors and directors, and returning to her private life, comprise one of photography's great platonic love affairs and an unrivalled record of one of the 20th century's touchstone beauties.'